Sacked Mark Hughes pays price for Stoke slump

Stoke reacted to their FA Cup defeat by Coventry and slide into the Premier League relegation zone by sacking manager Mark Hughes.

Sacked Mark Hughes pays price for Stoke slump
Sun, 07 Jan, 2018 - 09:10

Stoke reacted to their FA Cup defeat by Coventry and slide into the Premier League relegation zone by sacking manager Mark Hughes.

Just three hours after a 2-1 third-round loss at the Ricoh Arena to a team positioned three divisions lower, the club announced that Hughes' contract had been terminated with immediate effect.

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